[…] for safety or care of the catch. Restrictions in the red snapper fishery allow each vessel just 2,000 pounds of snapper per trip although many boats could easily bring in far more. Such regulations drive up costs for gas, boat maintenance, and crew time. Β Short seasons and other restrictions are bad for fishermen, […]
[…] in the Arizona desert) divert water from residential and industrial users who would be willing to pay market rates, and further damage the environment. According to one study, 25 percent of irrigated farmland in the United States suffers from excessive salinity caused by irrigation (Humphreys et al. 2003). Ending farm subsidies and protection, as […]
[…] Greenpeace and Public Citizen, for example). Today, however, NGOs are moving in new directions. Some, for example, are acting increasingly like government agencies, issuing a new generation of de facto regulations in the form of standards, guidelines, and certifications. Others are shifting to market-based approaches and cooperating with business in order to effect change. […]
Those who know me will not be surprised by the topic of this column, given that hunting season is in full swing. Why I have such a passion for hunting was captured beautifully by Jon Christensen, a visiting PERC journalist fellow, who spent a chilly evening with me listening to five or six big […]
[…] environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientificallyβ (Global Development Research Center 2005). Thus, because nuclear power plants create potential health and safety risks, including some chance of catastrophe, there should be no construction of new plants. Similarly, fossil fuels raise the risk of […]
[…] provided without hurting taxpayers, and Adopt-A-Waterway was born. In a world where business, government, and the environment are thought to mix like oil and water, Polizzotto is proving the notion to be wrong. Carol Ferrie is a program coordinator for PERC and a free-lance writer in Bozeman, MT. Paul Polizzotto can be reached at paul@eccmedia.com.
[…] field, hemmed in by electrical fencing, 2,000 pigs are contentedly doing whatever pigs do. The farmer who owns them, Paul Willis, refers to them as his β free-rangeβ pigs. His good humor, however, does not extend to those who raise their pigs in containment buildings with the aid of steroids, hormones, and antibiotics. Willis, […]
[…] found on his property. The result is that timber is cut sooner than it otherwise would be just to make sure woodpeckers donβt take up residence. One study found that private land in the vicinity of abundant woodpecker colonies is harvested at 17 years of age compared to 57 years of age if there […]
Land trusts and one of their important tools, conservation easements, are major forces in today's environmental movement. Conservation easements are partial interests in land that prohibit intense development.
[…] out that large foundations and international environmental groups have purchased land near his Bolivian project to preserve it. But after spending $10 million, they have no management plan that will ensure economic or environmental sustainability. For a fraction of that amount, Nigel can actually improve water quality and land conservation by clarifying property rights […]